House of Keith

Chief of the Name and Arms of Keith

Great Marischal of Scotland (confirmed 1324-1778)

Lord Keith in the Peerage of Scotland (c. 1451-1778)

Earls Marischal in the Peerage of Scotland (c. 1458-1778)

Keith in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625-1778)

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Earls Marischal

  • William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal, 1st Lord Keith (d. 1463)
  • William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal (d. 1483)
  • William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (d. 1530)
  • William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, 2nd Lord Altrie (d. 1581)
  • George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c. 1553 – 1623)
  • William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal, 1st Baronet (c. 1585 – 1635)
  • William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal (1614 – 1671)
  • George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (d. 1694)
  • William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal (c. 1664 – 1712)
  • George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (c. 1693 – 1778) (forfeit 1715)

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Field Marshal the Hon. James Francis Edward Keith

  • Field Marshal the Hon. James Francis Edward Keith (1696 – 1758) younger brother of 10th Earl Marischal. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew and the Order of the Black Eagle.

 Lord Dingwall in the Peerage of Scotland (1584-1600)

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Lord Dingwall

  • Andrew Keith, 1st Lord Dingwall (d.1600) grandson of William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal.

Lords Altrie in the Peerage of Scotland (1587-1778)

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Lords Altrie

  • Robert Keith, 1st Lord Altrie (died ca. 1593) second son of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.
  • George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal and 2nd Lord Altrie (ca. 1553–1623)

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Chief of the Name and Arms of Keith (from 1778)

Earls of Kintore in the Peerage of Scotland (1677)

Lords Falconer of Halkerton in the Peerage of Scotland (1646, from 1778, dormant 1966)

Barons Kintore in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom (1838-1966)

Baird of Urie in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom (1897, from 1974)

Barons Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925, from 1974)

Viscounts Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1938, from 1974)

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1st to 4th Earls of Kintore

  • John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore and Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall (d. 1714) third son of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal. Knight Marischal.
  • William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore (d. 1718) Knight Marischal.
  • John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (c. 1699–1758) Knight Marischal.
  • William Keith, 4th Earl of Kintore (c. 1702–1761) (dormant 1761)

On the death of the 4th Earl the Earldom should have passed under the terms of the 1694 regrant to his cousin George [Keith], 10th and last Earl Marischal, as heir male of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal, the elder brother of John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore;  however, he had been attainted for his part in the 1715 uprising and so the Earldom of Kintore remained suspended until the death of the 10th Earl Marischal in 1778 when it was inherited by the heir general of the 4th Earl of Kintore.

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Earls of Kintore and Lords Falconer of Halkerton

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Earls of Kintore and Lords Falconer of Halkerton (alternative)

  • Anthony Adrian Falconer later Keith-Falconer, 5th Earl of Kintore, 8th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (d. 1804) (revived 1778)
  • William Keith-Falconer, 6th Earl of Kintore (1766–1812)
  • Anthony Adrian Keith-Falconer, 7th Earl of Kintore, 1st Baron Kintore (1794–1844)
  • Francis Alexander Keith-Falconer, 8th Earl of Kintore (1828–1880) [4]
  • Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore KT (1852–1930)
  • Arthur George Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore, 13th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1879–1966).
  • Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore (1874–1974) married John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874 – 1941)

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Earls of Kintore and Viscounts Stonehaven

  • James Ian Baird later Keith, 12th Earl of Kintore, 2nd Viscount Stonehaven (1908–1989)
  • Michael Canning William John Keith, 13th Earl of Kintore (1939–2004)
  • James William Falconer Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore (b. 1976)

Lords Falconer of Halkerton in the Peerage of Scotland (1646, dormant 1966)

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Lords Falconer of Halkerton

  • Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1595 – 1671)
  • Alexander Falconer, 2nd Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1620–1684)
  • David Falconer, 3rd Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1668–1724)
  • Alexander Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (died 1727)
  • David Falconer, 5th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1681–1751), grandson of brother of the 1st Lord, married Katharine Margaret Keith, daughter of William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore.
  • Alexander Falconer, 6th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1707–1762)
  • William Falconer, 7th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1712–1776)
  • Anthony Adrian Falconer later Keith-Falconer, 5th Earl of Kintore, 8th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (d. 1804)

 See above

Baird of Urie in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom (1897)

Barons Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925)

Viscounts Stonehaven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1938)

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1st Viscount Stonehaven, 1st  Baron Stonehaven

  • Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet (1849–1920)
  • John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, 1st  Baron Stonehaven, 2nd Baronet (1874 – 1941) married Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore.

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2nd Viscount Stonehaven

  • James Ian Keith, 12th Earl of Kintore, 2nd Viscount Stonehaven (1908–1989)

See above


Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marrischal in the Peerage of Ireland (1797-1823)

Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marrischal in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1801-1823)

Barons Keith of Banheath in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1803-1867)

Viscount Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1814-1823)

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Viscount Keith

  • George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, 1st Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marrischal, 1st Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marrischal, 1st Baron Keith of Banheath (1746–1823), fifth son of the 10th Lord Elphinstone by his wife Lady Clementine, daughter of John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown and Lady Mary, daughter of William Keith, 8th Earl Marischal. See House of Elphinstone
  • Margaret Mercer-Elphinstone, 7th Lady Nairne, 2nd Baroness Keith (1788–1867)), married General Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie and Pair de France (1785–1870) who was said to be the natural son of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord , 1st Prince de Bénévente, Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino and Pair de France (1754-1838)

Keith of Ludquharn in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1629-1771)

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Keith of Ludquharn

  • Sir William Keith, 1st Baronet (1629–c. 1655)
  • Sir Alexander Keith, 2nd Baronet (c. 1655–c. 1680)
  • Sir William Keith, 3rd Baronet (c. 1680–c. 1700)
  • Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet (c. 1700–1749)
  • Sir Robert Keith, 5th Baronet (1749–1771)

Keith of Powburn in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1663-1663)

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Keith of Powburn

  • Sir George Keith, 1st Baronet (d.1663) descended from the fourth son of 2nd Earl Marischal.